Considering "Nonlinearity" Across the Continuum in Medical Education Assessment: Supporting Theory, Practice, and Future Research Directions

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 232-243

  Durning, Steven J ^a   Lubarsky, Stuart ^b   Torre, Dario ^c   Dory, Valérie ^d   Holmboe, Eric ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Centre for Medical Education   (United States)

^e Milestones Development and Evaluation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical reasoning; Evaluation educational intervention

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 84942067829     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.21298     Document Type: Article

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